sphurad aruṇa dukūla dyotitodyan nitamba sthalam abhivara kāñcī lāsyam ullāsayantī kuca kalasa vilāsa sphīta muktāsara śrīḥ snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu When will Śrī Rādhikā, whose buttocks are adorned with a brightly shining crimson garment and an excellent sash of blissfully dancing bells, and whose pitcher-like breasts are beautified by a string of … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – Verse 2

Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) VERSE 1: rasavalita mṛgākṣī mauli māṇikya lakṣmī pramudita muravairi prema vṇpī marālī vrajavara vṛṣabhānoḥ puṇya gīrbāṇa valli snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu When will Śrī Rādhikā, Who is the crown-jewel of all rasika, fawn-eyed goddesses of fortune, who is the swan in the lake of blissful … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – Verse 1

Śrī Śrī Vraja-Vilāsa-Stava - A praise of the manifestation of the Vraja-pastimes (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) VERSE 38: tāmbūlārpaṇa-pāda-mardana-payo-dānābhisārādibhir vṛndāraṇya-maheśvarīṁ priyatayā yās toṣayanti priyāḥ | prāṇa-preṣṭha-sakhī-kulād api kilāsaṅkocitā-bhūmikāḥ kelī-bhūmiṣu rūpa-mañjarī-mukhās tā dāsikāḥ saṁśraye "I take shelter of Śrī Rādhikā’s maidservants, headed by Rūpa Mañjarī, who always engage in serving betel leaves, massaging the feet, serving water, … Continue reading My personal True North

Bhakti is the essence of Śrī Bhagavān’s svarūpa-śaktis named hlādinī and samvit. This svarūpa-śakti exists within Śrī Bhagavān as three faculties, namely hlādinī, samvit and sandhinī,but not within the jīva-śakti or bahiraṅgā-māyā-śakti. By God’s mercy, the hlādinī and samvit faculties of this svarūpa-śakti enter into the heart of the jīva, and when his sādhana and bhajana mature, the jīva’s … Continue reading Spiritual alchemy

Śrīla Narottama Ṭhākura Mahāśaya starts his glorious book,  Prema-Bhakti-Candrikā, with the following famous verse: ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā | cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ || PBC 1 || "I lie prostrate at the lotus feet of Śrī Gurudeva, who has opened my eyes, once blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the collyrium stick of knowledge." … Continue reading The collyrium stick of knowledge

  uddāma smara-keli saṅgara bhare kāmaṁ vanāntaḥ khale kṛṣṇenāṅkita pīna parvata kuca dvandvāṁ nakhair astrakaiḥ tad darpeṇa tathā madoddhuram aho taṁ viddham ākurvatīṁ dūre svālikulaiḥ kṛtāśiṣam aho rādhāṁ kadāhaṁ bhaje O! When will I serve Śrī Rādhā, who enjoyed a great playful erotic battle of Cupid in the forest with Kṛṣṇa, who scratched Her huge, … Continue reading Sri-Sri Utkantha Dasakam – Ten Anxious Prayers for worshipping Srimati Radharani (5)